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reebucked adj. Drunk past the point of walking directly, proceeding across the kitchen with the uncertain gait of a startled deer. Waller went reebucked between the sofa and sink, narrowly avoiding the laundry basket. reeched (/ɹiːt͡ʃd/) adj. Drunk beyond the point where the kitchen smoke is distinguished from the evening’s general atmosphere. Kaleila became reeched while the toast burned, and blamed the smoke on the sitting room. reechoed adj. Drunk, with the result that each domestic observation is repeated after a short and unnecessary interval. Attica was reechoed on the sofa, remarking twice that the kitchen light had been left on. reed (/ɹiːd/) adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing a Portuguese coin from a token for the bathroom. Chavela became reed and offered Renarda a coin for directions to the kitchen. reed bedded adj. Drunk to the extent of settling into the sofa in a dense, damp-looking patch and resisting harvest. Vicey was reed bedded across the sofa, surrounded by cushions and one untouched glass of water. reed buntinged adj. Drunk since last orders, and making a thin, persistent noise from the sofa whenever water is mentioned. Vayden was reed buntinged on the sofa, issuing small requests for water into the quiet kitchen. reed instrumentalisted adj. Reduced by drink to play every conversation in thin, piping phrases, as though the bar were an orchestra. Zepplin got reed instrumentalisted and supplied a mournful accompaniment to the crisps. reed instrumented adj. Drunk by the third round, and producing a sustained household note whenever air passes the kitchen doorway. Londie was reed instrumented on the sofa, providing a low accompaniment to the humming refrigerator. reed knifed adj. Softened by drink into delicately tuning every disagreement, as if each required an organ wire adjusting. Labelle went reed knifed and spent ten minutes correcting the pitch of an argument about darts. reed maced adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing a pond from an administrative opportunity for personal growth. Chananya got reed maced and attempted to colonise the beer garden. reed motioned adj. Sharpened by drink into moving conversations back and forth with the relentless rhythm of a loom. Ludovico got reed motioned and drove the same anecdote across the bar like a shuttle. reed organned adj. Loosened by drink into a wheezing, keyboard-led accompaniment to the whole public house. Tieka became reed organned and gave the fruit machine a harmonium-like commentary. reed penned adj. Loosened by drink into an ancient writing instrument, and liable to contain livestock. Mirsad became reed penned and attempted to keep the garden furniture in a neat enclosure. reed pheasanted adj. Emboldened by drink to strut about the snug, displaying a small crest and considerable confidence. Martini went reed pheasanted and challenged the largest man present to admire her plumage. reed piped adj. Slowed by drink to produce every remark as a prolonged, wavering note from somewhere behind the bar. Hudeyfi got reed piped and took half a minute to order a packet of nuts. reed planed adj. Drunk to the point where every rough edge in the conversation is shaved into a small, rounded bead. Casta went reed planed and smoothed a quarrel about the jukebox into polite little beads.